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Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation.

We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars.

The Support

Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery.

The Market

Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Group Overview

Special Air Missions Group (SAM) is responsible for developing and delivering Metrea’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Special Mobility, and Aerial Firefighting (AFF) capabilities. SAM oversees the integration of new mission systems, ensuring operational readiness across specialized aviation operations. It manages fleet maintenance, regulatory compliance,



and strategic partnerships to enhance mission effectiveness.

By consolidating expertise and infrastructure, SAM ensures Metrea’s airborne capabilities remain adaptable and mission-ready across dynamic operational environments.

Position Summary

This role is responsible for operating a turbo-prop aircraft in accordance with UK CAA/FAA and EASA policies and Aviation Operations Europe Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). This role is also responsible for flight planning, conducting aircraft pre-flight check, and coordinating with company site leads and aircrew to facilitate mission execution and operations.

What You'll Do

Operate a King Air300 in accordance with EASA/CAA/FAA and company/customer directive as the Pilot in Command.

Monitor airspace, weather, radio communications, mission flight boundaries, other air traffic, and aircraft systems.

Coordinate all flights with appropriate Fixed Based Operators, Air Traffic Contact (ATC) facilities (military and civilian), Company Site Leads, and Mission Coordination Services.

Ensure safe, effective and efficient flight operations to include identification of aircraft system malfunctions and performing required corrective actions.

Perform ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) flights in day, night and all-weather conditions (within defined safety limits).

Must be able to operate from remote, austere locations, possibly on unimproved runways.

Completes all flight documentation in accordance with applicable industry and EASA/CAA/FAA standards.

What You Bring

Education

Minimum of five GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and Mathematics

A-Levels or equivalent further education desirable

Experience

Minimum 1500 hours total flight time

Minimum 1000 hours as Pilot-in-Command (PIC)

Minimum 200 hours of night flight time

Minimum 500 hours of cross-country flight time

Minimum 500 hours PIC flight time in multi engine, turboprop aircraft

Required Licences And Certifications

FAA Issued commercial Pilot License(CPL) with multi-engine (AMEL) rating and Instrument rating or an FAA issued Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license with multi-engine land (AMEL) rating.

UK CAA or EASA issued Commercial Pilot License(CPL) with Instrument Rating (IR) or Airline Transport Pilots License (ATPL) with Instrument Rating (IR).





Must hold and maintain a valid UK/EASA/FAA Class 1 Medical Certificate (1stClass FAA medical)

This role will operate across the UK and European Union and will therefore require the successful candidate to have the legal right to work and travel freely within both the UK and the EU.

Desirable Experience and certifications

Valid FAA BE300 Type Rating

Valid UK or EASA BE300/1900 Type Rating

Commercial Special missions, or ISR experience

Work Authorization / Security Clearance The employee will have the legal right to work in the EU and will be able to produce right to work documentation

EU Confidential security clearance

AAP/EEO Statement

Metrea Management Limited (MAM) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of all required training, background checks, and security clearances. Working hours and shift patterns may vary in line with operational demands to support mission effectiveness and customer satisfaction. The role involves rotational deployments within Europe, comprising of mixed deployment lengths on assignment followed by a similar period off rotation, with the UK as the home base of operations.

Work Environment

During deployment, employees may be living under field conditions and must be able to work with little supervision in austere or arduous environments. Work environment varies based on contract.

Travel

50%

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people.

It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems. Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. xkiyazw This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.

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